Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-12-18
IN THE PRIZE RING.

On Eriday, WalhinS Will
q perceptible limp, Jack Dempsey entered
The Police Gazette Office and received Ms
So. 600 in new crisp bills. The W WOUNDS
in his leg, although ugly ores, were rap
;dIy healing, for the man i, in perfect con-
d;t;on. and his blood is az clean and health
fnl as a Young babes. His face was with
ont 8 blemisb, but he was core in the back,
where Reagan, in hugging him, bad given
IL to him over the kidneys Speaking
about Reagan spiking him, he said: In
the first round he tore the tendops n
,inews af my right leg so that my second
claimed a foul. In tie second round he
sgsiu spiked me, tearing the tepdons rlght
ont Of nv leg, and the shock WAS so great
that i. ran right up TO the cords OF my
n.ct I almost tainted with the pain.
II was n deliberate, Intentional foul.
Reagan took his punishment like q
game cock. He got 3 terrible los OF II,
toe. for every time l got q chance threw
nv shoulder against his chest n threw
him, taking good care to fall on top"
DEMPSEY was then handed the diamond
studded belt embiematic of the middle
weigh. champion of the world, for which
he said, cts q dandy"
Charley johnson, selected to-day to UNI
pire for Kilrain. is the ~well-Enown Brook
lyn sport. No better man could have
been chosen. He knows IS much about
prize-ring etiquette as any MAI who ever
trod shoe leather.
The Weir Warren fight has revived them
t~erestin pugilistic affairs i'll the Northwest.
The Spiders wonderful antics ~ well "a his
phenomenal ability as a boxer caught the
crowd. Tommy Warren, his opponent, ia
about the streets with q badly discolored
optic and a swollen lip. Said he:
Weir did hot hit me as hard "a Dan
forth that time | fought q draw with him,
and my face IS not half rs much bruised.
| think | made . mistake in the way l.
fought him. ! always hold of during the
first part of the fight and stand on the de-.
fensiye, so ~ 10 I've fresh at the finish.
Weir lasted better than Danior:h, though.
Barnes pounded me all over the iing
during the first part Of my fight with him,
but | STAYED and WON
As for the Spider, he is as clipper as
ever. He will remain here ioT several
days. Tommy Miller, Of Omaha, is also
anxious tn meet Weir, and his friends viii
back him Tor any amount.
Patsy O'Leary, Of Cincinnati, Is spolinS
to have n go with Ike Weir, the British
champion, and wants il 20 be With Kun
gloves to \ finish, at any time or place
that Weir nay designate inside OF n week
OF ten DAYS. Accompanied bS his hacker,
O'Leary came ~ me Globe Office n an
Eounced bis object, stating IA he did so:
There is the money (Si,OoOl to show mat
| mean business; let Weir or his backer
cover that amount and cease talking. This
il not q bluf On my part, but ! am anxious
to show the stuff that is in me. Nobody
has yet seen me put up nv hands in this
part OF the country, Int ] am convinced
that ! can whip Weir; at any rate / am
wiling TO make tho trial, and 1t he whips
ne all well nnd good. l will fight him
with skin gloves or bare knuckles 10 a fin
ish Ter the stakes, s., 600, and | stand
ready tSmake my word good at short no.
tice. Al any rste the money Is In the
hands of the sporting editor OF the GLOBE,
and keenan, or Weir can govern themselves
accordingly
JACK ltayeiin, OF Boston, has challenged
the winner Of the Warrcn-Weir battle tn q
light "a u i!Gi.h Tor 81, 900 n side, either
MARQUIS OF Queen.berry or Lennon piize
riug rules 10 govern, the winner 10 be ad-
iuigeG the champion feather-wcight Of
America. Neither man must weigh over
100 pounds On enteriTg the ring, nor over
llG rounds five hours before fighting.
I"iav.l!n asks that tYO-ounce gloves be
used ard has deposited $500 as a forfeit.
An u~n!o0ked-for hitch has occurred in
the effort 10 complete the details Of the
Kr!rain-Smith fight. Smith said he want
q! moe time tu consider abOu! taking
George W. Atkinson, Of the Sporting Life,
for reier,c. Mr.. Atkinson il the stake
holder. Sir John Ashley and Lord Charles
Bereslord have each declined 10 be put for
ward for the position, although either
~ou!d pave been satisfactory to the pTin-
cipal5. Kilrain, Oh coming into Lon
don again, was met ut the depo:
by u cheering crowh, with whom he ia b.
coming a greater ~lavurite each day. There
j. no doubt about bis being a splendid
physical man. lie stands 5 feet ~! inches
high. His chest measurement il Al inches;
biceps, IL; fore. arm, IL; waist, "a; thigh,
%; calf, l64 inches. He wears Il No. \
shoe, q No. . glove, and Il takes an is inch
collar 90 20 aIound his Ltck.
Dempsey told DOminick McCafIrcy
that he made only 50 ont Of his fight
with Reagan. He thinks lie hes had
enough Fighting To the finish